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			<h1>Back to where I need to be</h1>
			<p>Day 01000: <time>Friday, 2017 December 01</time></p>
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		The dentist ended up prescribing me some special toothpaste that&apos;s supposed to help strengthen my teeth.
		It&apos;ll be nice if that helps, but I&apos;m not getting my hopes up too far.
		I inherited bad teeth from my mother.
		She used to brush her teeth about five times each day and they still fell apart on her.
		One of the multitude of reasons I&apos;m never having children is to avoid passing on that weak teeth gene.
		If anyone should be breeding (which itself is debatable), it should be those with good genetics; in other words, not me.
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		They also asked me about my diet, and when I replied that I&apos;m on a plant-based diet, they assumed I eat very healthy and avoid things such as soda pop.
		Ha.
		I&apos;m not the most healthy eater.
		That said, I don&apos;t really drink soda often.
		It&apos;s expensive, the carbonation is annoying, and soda makes my mouth feel ... a bit sticky, I guess would be the best way I can put it.
		My next appointment, during which several teeth will be removed, is on 2017-12-08 at 08:00.
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		I wasn&apos;t able to pick up the toothpaste today though.
		The dentist told me the pharmacy would have it ready in about two hours.
		I waited about four before trying to pick it up, and they still didn&apos;t have it.
		They said they&apos;d email me when it becomes ready, but their system was too buggy to take my email address.
		I&apos;ll have to keep checking back in person, likely on my way to work.
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		At work, I was able to confirm I&apos;m back where I need to be mentally and emotionally.
		It was a hectic rush day, but I was completely unphased.
		One of my coworkers kept doing something that&apos;d been annoying me incredibly for the past couple weeks or so, but I didn&apos;t even care.
		I&apos;m back to normal.
		Well, mostly.
		Close enough.
		This equilibrium of perpetual good mood it the only part of being back to normal that I really need.
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